Aureate 📀 (Sequential Take 5 // Elektron Digitone + Red Panda Particle + Strymon Deco 2) Chords Jam

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"No sequencers were harmed during this recording! 😄 Just wanted to roam with some chords played live on the Take 5 analog synth. Further on I introduced the Digitone FM synth where I used 3 tracks (with 3 different sounds), where 2 of the tracks have their integrated ARPEGGIO enabled, with different settings in order to add some rhythmic complexity to the jam 🥁

The Digitone is being fed into the Particle 2 granular delay then the Deco pedal, in order to add random variations to the FM sounds and some kind of LO-FI vibes!

The MIDI Out of the Take 5 synth is triggering the Digitone. Hence both synths are playing the same notes. However the 2 ARPs on the Digitone help bring the syncopated sounds.

I think that the blending of the analog and digital synths here, makes the global sound and texture of this jam sound quite interesting! Hope you liked it too? 😊

* Hardware used *

// PADS:
- Sequential Take 5 (5-voice analog synth)

// CHIMES:
- Elektron Digitone (8-voice FM groovebox) + Red Panda Particle 2 (granular delay and pitch shifter) + Strymon Deco 2 (tape saturation & doubletracker)"

Skyline 🕊️ (Elektron Digitone + Pioneer Rmx-500 // Sequential Take 5 + Strymon Deco 2)

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"Just wanted to start 2025 with a very simple and smooth 2-Minute jam before moving on to more serious matters 😊

In this jam, the Elektron Digitone is sequencing a couple of patterns playing mainly BELLS and CHIMES (with probability etc.). I'm using the RMX-500 remix station to add reverb (DOWN REVERB) and tremolo (TRANS) effects on the Digitone's output.

The BASS and LEAD part is being played in real-time on the Take 5, which is running through the Strymon Deco 2 pedal which is adding more character and fluctuations to the sound.

0:06 Playing with the REVERB DOWN knob
0:16 Take 5 real-time playing
0:56 Unmuting track 3 & 4 on the Digitone
1:16 Enabling the TRANS effect
1:44 Outro"

Dimension 🎲 (Elektron Digitone + Particle + Deco // Korg Drumlogue // Sequential Take 5)

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"This is the last video closing the trilogy featuring the Take 5 and Digitone! [previous videos below this one via this link]

The track begins with a sequence played by the Digitone (through the Particle granular delay which is being blended in from time to time on the intro + Deco tape saturation & doubletracker pedal effect).

Then the analog tracks of the Drumlogue are being unmuted, along with the BASS & LEAD which are being played live on the Take 5.

As often, I'm using only one pattern on the Digitone and one on the Drumlogue (but used a lot of automation, probability etc. to add variations)

Further on I switch to the LOOP mode on the Drumlogue in order to add some real time breaks."

Shuffle Trip 🔀 (Elektron Digitone + Particle + Deco // Korg Drumlogue // Sequential Take 5)

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"This track starts with a PAD sound sequenced and played by the Elektron Digitone (Polyphonic Digital Synthesizer). I then enable the Doubletracker effect (on the Strymon Deco 2 tape simulation pedal) and unmute 2 other tracks on the Digitone, playing a LEAD and CHIMES sounds.

Enters the Korg Drumlogue (analog and digital drum machine) with some DRUMS (I used only one drum pattern where I made use of STEP probability to add some variations to the pattern).

And finally the BASS line played by the Sequential Take 5, sequenced by one MIDI track of the Digitone. In order to create this beefy dirty BASS sound, I use the onboard OVERDRIVE and DISTORTION effect of the synth! 😎🤘 The BASS line is also playing in triplets to add an odd groove to the track (it wasn't so easy to program on the Digitone MIDI track as I needed to shift each notes off the grid manually 😅).

Hope you'll enjoy!"

Heaven 🌅 (Elektron Digitone + Rmx500 // Roland JD08 // Sequential Take 5 + Deco 2)

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"Everything started with the FM DRUM pattern I made on the DIGITONE which is running through the Pioneer RMX-500 (adding fills, breaks etc.).

I used a lot if the cool features of the powerful DIGITONE's sequencer for this track, like probability (for DRUM sounds, PADS and BASS notes etc.), trig conditions, p-locks, note shift (the "accelerating" PLUCK notes for example) etc. 🤩

It was also time to get the Sequential Take 5 (through the Strymon DECO v2) back on the desk for the fat BASS sound (sequenced by the DIGITONE).

I used the Roland JD-08 for the PLUCK sound (Part1) and PADS (Part2), both parts being sequenced by the DIGITONE too 😉

00:00 RMX-500 filter build
00:36 The Drop with the BASS (Take5) and PADS (JD08)
01:22 RMX-500 Cymbal play
01:47 Digitone Drum fill
02:02 RMX-500 Cymbal roll
02:35 Outro"